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St. Benedict Parish Atchison, Kansas St. Benedict Church St. Joseph Church St. Patrick Church 1000 North 2nd Street 8th & Spring Garden Street 19384 234th Road

Parish Office — 1001 North 2nd Street — 913-367-0671 — www.stbenedictatchison.org Solemnity of All Saints , 2020

Holy Mass Weekday Masses are open. No scheduling necessary. Father Jeremy Heppler, O.S.B. Pastor [email protected] Monday - Saturday 8:15 a.m. St. Benedict Church Deacon Chuck Welte Permanent Deacon Saturday (Vigil for Sunday) 5:00 p.m. St. Benedict Church

Sunday 7:00 a.m. St. Benedict Church During this time, Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament occurs in the 8:30 a.m. St. Patrick’s Church main body of the church on certain days 9:00 a.m. St. Benedict Church of the week. Please see parish emails for 10:30 a.m. St. Joseph’s Church updated hours. 11:00 a.m. St. Benedict Church

Did you know? Temporary Confession Schedule Many families make it a tradition on All Saints’ Day to gather at a local cemetery and decorate Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. St. Benedict Church the graves in anticipation of All Souls’ Day. Saturday 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. St. Benedict Church

Catholics in many countries honor and pray for Confession is also available by appointment; please call the parish office. the souls who have no one to pray for them.

Do you wish to become a member of our parish? We welcome you! Please contact the parish office for more information. Registration forms can be found online at our parish website. Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time page 2 Parish Information

Sacrament Information Important Parish Contacts

St. Benedict Catholic School Helen Schwinn Baptism Principal [email protected] Do you desire to have your child baptized? Please contact the parish office to coordinate. Parish Administrator Laura “Sox” Cross [email protected] Marriage Administrative Assistant & Sandy Fitzmaurice Congratulations on your engagement! Engaged couples Archivist [email protected] should contact the parish office to make arrangements with the pastor at least six months prior to the wedding Parish Administrative Jordan Pruneda Assistant [email protected] date. Couples must be registered parishioners. Parish Facilities Manager Stephen King Anointing of the Sick [email protected] Are you seriously ill or having major surgery soon? Please contact the parish office to notify our priests. Parish Special Needs Michelle Urban Advocate & Church [email protected] Holy Orders & Religious Vocations Cleaning Coordinator Are you being called to be a priest, sister, or other RCIA —Rite of Christian Jana Newman religious? Please make an appointment with one of our Initiation for Adults [email protected] priests to discuss discerning your vocation. CCD Coordinator Daniel Hager [email protected] It is a blessing to have Catholic burial options available to us. H.S. Youth Group Christian Wessel Coordinator [email protected] To learn more about burials at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Parish Council Anthony Crifasi please make an appointment to meet [email protected] with parish office staff. Finance Council Ruth Eckert [email protected] Maintenance Committee Sarah Peitsch

There are so many ways [email protected] to find out what’s happening at Perpetual Adoration Sherry Lange 913-367-1858 St. Benedict Parish. Sacred Heart Variety Store Cheryl Contreras 913-367-1466

 Check out our parish website at Parish Office Hours www.stbenedictatchison.org. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  You always view our current and previous bulletins on the parish website. Mass Intentions

 Find us on Facebook; just go to The suggested offering is $10 per Mass. www.facebook.com, and search for our page: This is a tax-deductible gift to our parish as well. St. Benedict Parish—Atchison, Kansas. Please contact the parish office to reserve a date.

 Sign up to receive email blasts and / or text Bulletin Submissions blasts from St. Benedict Parish; just email Please submit all bulletin information by 5:00 p.m. two [email protected], call the parish Fridays before the Sunday bulletin. Information may be office at 367-0671, or stop by the parish office to submitted to Jordan Pruneda: sign up. You’ll get up-to-date, parish-related [email protected]; 913-367-0671; or stop in at information delivered right to your inbox! the parish office.

St. Benedict Parish Mission Statement

Using prayer, study, generosity, and evangelization to help the entire Atchison community form their relations with Christ and His Church.

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time page 3 Stewardship Information

November Bulletin Submissions The submission deadline for the Our Weekly Sacrificial Offerings to God bulletin is Monday, at 4:00 p.m. and the Week Collection deadline for the bulletin is Friday, November 13 at 4:00 p.m. Anything submitted after Oct 10 - Oct 16 $18,348.75 4:00 p.m. on those days is not guaranteed space. Oct 17 - Oct 23 $7,534.19 Parent Formation Nights – The Good Shepherd Usher Volunteers needed! Several of the catechists of Holy Family Atrium have We could really use some help with ushering and/or been working to plan parent formation nights, to which cleaning for the Saturday 5 PM, and Sunday 7 AM, 9 anyone is welcome. Meetings take place the first Thurs- AM and 11 AM masses. If you would like to sign up, or day of each month in the sanctuary St. Joseph need more information, call the Parish office at Church at 7:00PM. Please come and invite others! 913.367.0671. As many of us have realized, being intentional about meeting our children's spiritual needs is easier said than What to Do When You Can’t Go to Mass done--especially during this changing situation. We hope Consider praying through the Mass using a guide this time together will help us all recommit and refocus-- such as The Magnificat or visiting www.usccb.org for the as well as provide ideas that are really possible for you to daily readings. For ideas on how to implement this into put in place! May God bless and protect all of the chil- your family life, visit bit.ly/2UiqDTc. dren in our community! Upcoming Formation Nights Make a Spiritual Communion Fre- November 5th: The Bible as a Gate – Pondering quently scripture with children. 3rd: Advent – A time “My Jesus, I believe that you are present of joyous preparation in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You Church Sanitation Volunteers Needed! into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually We still have two spots available for sanitizing the into my heart. I embrace You as if You church! If you sign up you’d be responsible for that day were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. of the week and approximate time (it takes approximate- Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.” ly 10 minutes). Contact Michelle Urban at [email protected], or notify the Parish Sacramental Visits for Those Who Office if interested! There is also a sign-up sheet in the Cannot Attend Mass vestibule of the church! If you cannot or elect not to attend Mass at this time Dates Available: but you would like to receive Anointing of the Sick, • Mondays around 5 PM Confession, or Holy Communion, please contact the • Saturdays around 3 PM Parish Office. Visits may even be limited to offering sac- raments at the door of the residence, observing all the usual safety recommendations. St. Benedict’s Abbey Holy Mass Live-Stream Our Sunday Supplication for this Sunday: www.youtube.com/kansasmonks The Our Sunday Supplication are a recommended prayer Sunday at 10:00 a.m. resource from the Archdiocese. You are encouraged to pray this prayer in your homes and thus be connected to See the latest instructions from the Archdiocese regarding the the entire Church at prayer: resumption of public Masses: https://stmichaelcp.org/our-sunday-supplication https://archkcks.com/coronavirus/resuming-mass On the cover: “The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs” by Fra Angelico. Tempera on Poplar wood. 1420s

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time page 4 Prayer Intentions

Please pray for our deployed, Mass Intentions for Oct 26 - Nov 01 active duty military family and friends: Date Mass Intentions Richard Brady Alex Quaile Nov 2 Intentions of Mary Capizzi Kevin Growney Jake Quaile Nathan Peltzer Nov 3 Intentions of Anthony Callan William Madden Matt Peltzer Brandon Kistler Nov 4 Ed Young † Justin Phillips Nov 5 Health of Asher Pickman Please remember in your prayers those who are sick or suffering*: Nov 6 Intentions of Nicholas Kerr 8:15 Ed †, Kay †, & Tim † Conrad Nancy Alberts Monika King Nov 7 Gretchen Bieber John Maday 5:00 David Hrnchir † Jessica Bruchey Alison Ostertag 7:00 Welfare of the Parishioners Mike Burns Linda Parrott Olive Burns Rex Polter 8:30 Intensions of Fr. Roderic Giller Julia Clem Nancy Prohaska Nov 8 9:00 Dale Schmeider † Alan Cummings Patty Ralston 10:30 Health of Larry & Emily Pickman Residents of the Dooley Cen- Dorothy Randall 11:00 Carol Wagner † ter Deacon Steven Reed John Ernst Harley Sargent Martin Joseph Gering Mark Scheid Tom Hill Roberta Scheid New Mass Times Mike Horton Lori Scholz Pending Priest availability, on Sunday, November 1st, Benedict Horvatic John Shankman both St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s Churches will temporarily Mara Hug Roger Smith have Mass every Sunday at St. Patrick’s Church at 8:30 Infirmed Monks of the Abbey Ben Voller a.m. and St. Joseph’s Church at 10:30 a.m. Kay Jones Alvin Wood Please help us keep these Masses available by adhering to Bill Kane Barbara Wood the following guidelines: Maggie Kane • The Mass at St. Joseph's is for those who are John Kane Special Intentions (3) considered "at risk". Please plan to attend a different Mass if you are not "at risk." *Prayer list current as of Oct 25 • You MUST reserve a pew • We ask that you please maintain social distancing of a minimum of 6 feet from others Mass Intentions • We ask that you please wear a mask inside and outside if you cannot maintain social distancing. • Please note that every effort will be made to reserve Watch the parish Facebook and Email for updates the date requested for Mass Intentions. regarding these masses. • Dates are available on a first come, first serve basis; requesting a date does not mean that date is Attending Mass available. Please call the parish office at 913-367-0671 to • Special intentions are automatically removed from reserve seats for weekend masses. We want to make sure the bulletin prayer list 30 days after submission. you have the opportunity to attend Mass. If you do not Contact the parish office to re-submit. reserve a seat and upon your arrival all seats are taken, • Mass Intentions fill up very quickly and sometimes a please try to attend the next Mass. If you reserved a seat year in advance. for Mass but something changes and you cannot attend, • Please be patient when dealing with the parish of- please call the parish office at 913-367-0671, or email fice. Jordan ([email protected]) or Sox • Please note that all Mass intentions must be paid in ([email protected]) so that we may fill those full before being scheduled. Thank you! spaces.

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time page 5 Mass, Adoration, and Confession

Adoration and Private Prayer at St. Benedict’s Rekindling the Light: Spiritual Refreshment for Sundays 12 – 10 p.m. Caregivers in the Holiday Season Wednesday after the 8:15 mass – 6 p.m.

Friday after the 8:15 mass – 3 p.m. Please leave the kneeler down so we know where to sanitize the church. Thank you!

All Souls Day Monday, is All Souls Day. Mass is at 8:15 a.m. There will be an All Souls Day Prayer Service at Mount Calvary Cemetery at 9:15 a.m. and at Saint Patrick’s Cemetery at 10:00 a.m.

Book of Remembrance Throughout this unprecedented year, caregivers have During November we will have a book of remem- tirelessly and selflessly shown their love in grand ways brance in each church. We will pray for those listed in and small. As 2020 nears an end, one more potentially these books each day during November. Please feel free tall hurdle remains: The holidays! to add loved ones who have died in the last year. Full of profound faith and spiritual meaning and addi- tional events and activities, the weeks between Thanks- giving and New Years can be especially challenging, All Souls Day Plenary Indulgence stressful, and draining for caregivers. It can also be a All Souls Day, a feast in which we pray for the holy time of isolation and loneliness. In recognition of this, souls in Purgatory. In addition to offering Mass and the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, and the Nation- praying for the souls of the faithful departed, the al Catholic Partnership on Disability are teaming up to Church also gives us the opportunity to gain a plenary co-sponsor Rekindle the Light: Spiritual Refreshment for indulgence for the souls in purgatory. A plenary indul- Caregivers at Holiday Time, a virtual half-day of spiritual gence is “a remission of the temporal punishment due refreshment for caregivers of all kinds. to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven.” Rekindle the Light… will be held live online on Sat- By attending mass or the cemetery prayer services urday November 14, 2020, from 12:30 to 4:30 you receive the indulgence. The general requirements p.m. There is no fee to participate, however registra- for an indulgence are: tion is required no later than Monday, November 9. • Pray for the intentions of our Holy Father For registration and agenda, go to www.archkck.org/ • Worthily receive Holy Communion special-needs. For more information, contact Tom Ra- • Go to Confession within about 20 days cunas at [email protected] or call 913.647.3054. • Be in a state of grace

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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time page 6 Thanksgiving Concert for Mount’s Night of Dreams DISABILITY AWARENESS June – November 9th 2019 The Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES consist have announced that they will present an of the nation’s largest minority group as online Thanksgiving Concert as their annual Night well as the only group that any of us of Dreams 2020. The fundraising event will be posted can become a member of at any time. on www.mountosb.org after Nov. 9 and will benefit

Keeler Women's Center, Sophia Spirituality Center and 1 in 4 people 65-69 years of Dooley Center for the care of our elderly sisters. The age have a severe disability. online auction of handmade items of the Benedictine

Sisters will be on www.charity.ebay.com from Nov. 9 – 56.7 million people in the 14, 2020. Drawing tickets for cash prizes are also availa- U.S. have some sort of ble at https://www.mountosb.org/donate/night-of- disability. dreams/. The drawing for Grand Prizes will be live on 38.3 million have a Nov. 15 at Noon on www.mountosb.org. For infor- severe disability. mation contact: 913-360-6215 If you or a loved one have a disability and are having or [email protected] or go issues with accessibility, hearing, vision or other mental to www.mountosb.org/donate/night-of-dreams/. or physical disabilities that affects your mass attend- ance, please contact our parish Special Needs Advo- Knight of Columbus, Sacred Heart Council #723 cate, Michelle Urban at met 14. The Tootsie Roll drive raise over [email protected], so that you she can $1,700. The next meeting is Wednesday, November 11 help you find an answer to your problem. at 7:15 p.m. in the St. Joseph’s Church Basement.

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time page 7 Upcoming Events Election Day Adoration Raven News To pray for our nation, we will be having Eucharis- tic Adoration in St. Benedict Church from 9 AM-10 PM & on Election Day, Tuesday, . You are wel- Information come to join in this time of prayer.

2020 Election Novena Check out our Raven runners! Their hard work has gotten us one step closer to a new playground! The USCCB is offering an Election Novena to help Catholics prepare for the upcoming election. For nine consecutive days, Monday, through Tuesday, November 3. To sign up to receive the Novena daily be email, please visit https://www.usccb.org/2020-election- novena and scroll to the bottom of the page.

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Saturday, Nov 7 7:30 a.m. SAT MHMA — State Soccer Do your part and vote Tuesday, November 3.

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